Money Can’t Buy You…

Kudos to Jay for exposing the Romney blather–a disappointment, given the fact that he did pass universal health insurance in Massachusetts. But I’m not that impressed by the $6.5 million he raised, either. Money is a vastly overrated indicator of political credibility. Remember Howard Dean’s $40 million? Politicians raise money so they can buy (mostly negative) ads. But people are growing tired of the vitriol; they’re using their clickers to surf past the garbage. A vomitous amount of cash was spent on negative ads by Republicans in the 2006 election, and look where it got them. (Although, one caveat: a certain amount of cash in the bank doesn’t hurt–the fact that Democrats were able to respond so quickly and creatively to the Republican spots certainly helped their cause.)